Tomáš Baťa died July 12, 1932

July 12, 1932 in the early morning soon after takeoff the plane crashed with Tomas Bata on board. Pilot was Jindřich Brouček. Both did not survive the crash. The plane crashed in place close its launch in Otrokovice at the edge of the area today – the company TOMA Otrokovice – toward water lake Štěrkoviště.